Clothes wringer



May 18,1926. I 1,5s'5;245

C. HOWLETT CLOTHES WRINGER Filed Nov. 2l 192 H 1 IIIIIIIP'I I) INVENTOR.

/arezzee fiw/ezf I ATTORNEY.

m,. J 1 i etenteel May 18, iii-a6.

CLARENCE HOVJLETT, 035 LA, PQBTE, INDIANA.

CLOTHES VJLRINGEB.

Application filed November The invention relates to feeding attachmentsfor clothes wringers, and has for its object to provide a device of thischaracter on which articles of clothing to be wrung may be hung and fedbetween the rollers by the rotatioubt the device, incident to thegripping thereof by the adjacent surfaces of the rolls.

Acturther object is to provide a clothes wringer attachment comprising arotatable member adjacent one side of the rolls, and in the plane of theengaging surfaces of the rolls, and on opposite arms of which membersarticles of clothing may be hang and carried between the rolls forwringing operation by the gripping of the rotatable member by therollers upon an initial manual movement oi the rotatable member. Also toprovide means whereby the rotatable member will be rotated by the rollssubstanstantially 180 degrees, thereby placing the oppositely disposedarms thereof alternately in position at one side of the wrmger for thereception of articles of clothing to be passed between the rolls. Thedevice is primarily des' gned to obviate theniashing of lingers oi?wringer operators, which is a common diilicult experienced with wringersas at present constructed and especially power driven ones.

A further object is to provide one side of the wringer frame with ahorizontally disposed bearing ring on which is rotatably mounted thefeeding member, and to provide the rotatable feeding member withoppositely disposed recesses preferably at 90 degrees to the armsthereof, and which re ccs ses, when the arms are. at a right angle tothe rolls, receive the ends of the rollers therein and stop the rotationof the rotatable member, until an initial manual movement 1s imparted tothe rotatable member for moving the same to a position where it Wlll. begripped by said ends of the rolls.

A further object isv to provide friction means cooperating with therotatable memher for preventing too easy rotation thereof, for instancewhen hanging articles on the arms thereof.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawing. described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope oiwhat is 271, 1924. SerialNo. 751,229.

claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of a conventional form ofwringer showing the feeding device applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on line 22 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view through one side of the wringertaken on line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure l is a detail sectional view through one side of the feedingdevice taken on line 4E4= of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral l cesignates the frame of aconventional form of wringer, which frame is provided with the usualvertical side bars 2. Rotatably mounted within the frame 1 arehorizontally disposed rolls 3, preferably formed from yieldablematerial. Rolls 3 are rotated in the direction of the arrows at by meansof a drive pulley 4; and gears 5 in the usual manner, and to whichpulley 4C a belt may be 30 attached from a motor or other .source ofpower. The upper roll 3 are yieldably mounted in the usual manner and ithas been found in conventional forms of wringers, especially those thatare power driven,

the fingers of the operators are often mashed in feeding articles ofclothing between the rolls. To obviate thisdifiiculty one oi? the sidebars 2 is provided with spaced castings 6, the space between whichcastings registers with and is in the same horizontal plane as theadjacent sides of the rolls Castings may be formed integral with theside memher 2, and are provided with registering arcuately shapedmembers 7 plane, and the lower member 7 is provided with an annulargroove 8, in which is rotatably mounted a feeding plate 9. Plate 9 isdisposed in substantially the sameplane as the engaging surfaces of theroll 8, and W) at opposite sidesthereo't is provided with arms 10, alsoin said plane.

in operation the operator hangs an article of clothing on one of thearms 10, partially rotates the plate 9 until the rolls 8 move out 195 ofthe oppositely disposed recesses 11 in the plate 9, thereby gripping theplate during the rotation of the rolls in the direction of the arrows aand completing the movement of the. plate and arm 10 on which an articleW} has been hung between the roll, thereby wringing the article which isfed between in a horizontal the rolls by the arms on which it has beenhiring. In the ineantnhe the opposite arm 10 is moved to the front sideof the wringer ready to receive another article to he \vrun x Yi hei therolls. after the ringing .tion, 21g:

7.111 have their ent s (l speeetl in the other recess 11. the member 9stopped until an article i.: hr. 10 which has been mover to and theoperation continues in t shove set forth. It will h recesses 11 areopposite e stantinlly 90 from he the arms will always 5" to the rolls,and the tutecl by the rolls until a imported thereto, manually thereforethe (l; ugh of t unexpectedly er at equal is obviated. To preventaccidental movement of the device a friction ineiuher preferably ofleceiher, is 1'( Vll'8(i, which meinlter engages the upper sitle of theplate 7 and is Cis )oe .l in e. recess 13 thereof, and with whichleather member 12 a screw l-icoopersitts a al by adjusting said setscrew 1.4-. -l tionsl holding of the pinte .l is varied as desired.Arcuately sli jo incnihers 7 are p 'eferz hl rigidly seen gether hvmeans of screws 15 however it uiuierstootl other means niziv he usedsired. The plate 9 and its arms zihlv formed from relatively tl I; inetce sheet metal. and e the V i t :n the rolls. it will he partially itied in the yieltlahle nmterin. from \v rolls 3 are torn'ieil, therebyemit danger ot the rolls hcing spread apart 1 extent. which may '11 anyeli'ect their Wrii ting operation.

era the above it will he seen. that a feeding; device is 1 i 1 es .vriner, \rhic" l s tiuetion. it it l v ive in its Pin the (levi. cmrietlbetween the rols the tricirL-el engagement therewith. and with an i 'c ethereon oi the rolls. It will al he seen that the device is p ovitleclwith inei" w ierehv it will eutoineticallv step after Y. 7 L i iotzuelarticle h s been passe-Tl through the wring ingl HHaClliIlO and thestarting of the (levice is accomplished by a partial rotating oil? thel.=e hng device to :1. position Where it will he gripped by the rollsThe invention havin been set forth what u I D is elzinnecl n w anduseful is l e in hit clothes receiving nieinher, means to: t supportingth same one means y the supptrting means to one rails of the \vringersubstantiall \i' th tin receiving member in a plane pusshrough the lineclefiniir the bite of the 1 i feeding clevice for a wringer p1'0 th sringer rolls incl side rails, coin 1 a guide nieniher nrried by one ofthe 1 I a fiat clothes receiving ineinher rotutehly nonntezl on theguitle nieinher {mil herring 1 a, eeess in one side thereo'l. tor thereception of the encls of the rolls,' said clothere; receivingmemberbeing supported suhstentiell in a. plane passing through the. lineilei'ning the bite of the rolls.

2?. it tee-cling clevice for a wrii'iger provided with \vrh rolls andside rails, co1npris- "1 a'gun.e nicniiher carried by one of the :1 fiatnieinhe rotatehly n'1ountetl on the uiee ineu'iher, fiat oppositelyexten-zlinn l'iTlS carried by the Hat member and aclaptc to ieceiv aticqes 0'1. clothing, rid tie 1 arms being supported .v,

tune nissing throu Wringer pro v 'ul er rolls and side railscoinineinher cerrietl by one of Let n'iei'nher rotiitehly mount i'eeineniher, fiat clothes reivingg; :zrins czu'rie-zl h the fiat meinherfriction means tiifgfi th tint niemher and carried by the guideREFml'FQZ', said flat. member 21ml fiat .211 i ortecl substantially in uh the line defining th Wringer pro- 'l siee rails co1n 'ng' n'ieinherhovtlisposetl recestherein ilor iternntely oi the adjacent and menus forrotutnhl on one of the Fitle rails ruppo j ot the v. 1.9;81' suhstanwith the clothes J a plane pus ingling the bite or the in testimonywhereof atlix my signature.

CLAQENC C HQlVLETl.

